Following the April 2006 meeting, and its decision to put on hold its previous decision made at its December 2005 meeting to support the introduction of legal duties on directors, the HSE and the Institute of Directors have now publised new draft voluntary guidance on directors duties.

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The CCA is criticial of the continuing delay in (a) the HSC not following its previous decision to advise Government on introducing legal duties on directors and (b) the Government's failure not to introduce legislation as promised in 2000.